We the People: Inclusion of People with Disabilities in Latin America and the Caribbean
Peer Reviewed
Date issued
November 2019
Subject
Disability Policy;
Person with Disability;
Social Service;
Social Inclusion;
Violence Against Women;
Social Protection
JEL code
I24 - Education and Inequality;
O54 - Latin America • Caribbean;
J14 - Economics of the Elderly • Economics of the Handicapped • Non-Labor Market Discrimination;
J71 - Discrimination
Category
Magazines, Journals and Newsletters
Who are people with disabilities? For far too long the answer to this question has been to focus on the health conditions of a person, but what if a new conceptual framework facilitated inclusion? In this interactive note, you will learn the social model of disability; why inclusion is a legal, moral and economic imperative; as well as concrete practices of what inclusion means in education, health, social protection, work, and the prevention of violence for women and girls with disabilities.
